23rd Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Natural History

 
  Lot 249
 

249

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of Tropical Birds, circa 1870-1900, in the manner of James...

Taxidermy: A Late Victorian Diorama of Tropical Birds, circa 1870-1900, in the manner of James Hutchings, Taxidermy, Aberystwyth, 1860-1942, a large impressive display of tropical birds including- Himalayan Monal, Brazilian Tanager, Ring-necked Parakeet, Blue Jay, Budgerigar, Greater Bird of Paradise, Bohemian Waxwing, Indian Roller, Scarlet-rumped Cacique, Mango Hummingbird, Mallee Ringneck, Blue-gray Tanager, Greater Raquet-tailed Drongo, Red-legged Honeycreeper's, Orange-bellied Leafbird, White-crested Laughing Thrush, White-necked Jacobin, Black-throated Mango, Indian Pitta, Malabar-whistling Thrush, Common Flameback Woodpecker, Rufous Treepie, Red-crowned Barbet, Purple Sunbird, Hermit Hummingbibrd, etc, all mounted upon a centrally positioned tree, amidst a natural setting of tall dry grasses, ferns and fauna, set against a watercolour painted back drop, above gritted groundwork, enclosed within a later painted period three-glass display case, 78.5cm by 29cm by 106cm

Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500


 

Auction: Natural History, 23rd Jul, 2021

Natural History

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